英:[ˈfeəli]
美:[ˈferli]
英:[ˈfeəli]
美:[ˈferli]
fair·ly
feIr li
比较级:more fairly
最高级:most fairly
词根:fair
adj.fair 公平的;美丽的,白皙的;[气象] 晴朗的
adv.fair 公平地;直接地;清楚地
n.fair 展览会;市集;美人
fairness 公平;美好;清晰;顺利性
vi.fair 转晴
adverb
in a handsome manner
a table fairly set
in a gentle manner : quietly
in a courteous manner
so to speak : nearly, practically
fairly bursting with pride
in a proper or legal manner
fairly priced stocks
without bias or distortion : impartially
a story told fairly and objectively
to a full degree or extent : plainly, distinctly
had fairly caught sight of him
rather sense 5, moderately
a fairly easy job
这组词都有“相当,颇”的意思,其区别是:
quite含义比fairly稍强,与不定冠词连用时,一般放在不定冠词之前。
rather语气比quite强,褒意贬意无可使用。可与too和比较级连用。
pretty用法与rather相似。常用于非正式文体。
fairly语意最弱,多用于褒义,表示适度地、尚可的意思。不可与too或比较级连用。
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约于1400年,意为“漂亮地”,由 fair(形容词)和 -ly(2)组成。意为“公正地,公平地”的含义始于1670年代。 “有点”之意始于1805年,与早期但仍然活跃的“完全”的意义(1590年代)形成了有趣的对比。古英语中有“fægerlice”的意思是“辉煌地”。
The first known use of fairly was before the 12th century
faithful1 of 2adjective
loyal sense 1b
a faithful friend
firm in keeping promises or in fulfilling duties
a faithful worker
true to the facts : accurate
faithful copy
faithful2 of 2noun
one that has faith or is faithful
faithful1 of 2adjective
loyal sense 1b
a faithful friend
firm in keeping promises or in fulfilling duties
a faithful worker
true to the facts : accurate
faithful copy
faithful2 of 2noun
one that has faith or is faithful
faithful1 of 2adjective
loyal sense 1b
a faithful friend
firm in keeping promises or in fulfilling duties
a faithful worker
true to the facts : accurate
faithful copy
faithful2 of 2noun
one that has faith or is faithful
faithnoun
devotion to duty or a person : loyalty
the quality of keeping one's promises
belief and trust in and loyalty to God
belief in the doctrines of a religion
firm belief even in the absence of proof
complete confidence
something that is firmly believedespecially: a system of religious beliefs
fairylandnoun
the land of fairies
a place of delicate beauty or magical charm
fairynoun
an imaginary being usually having a small human form and magic powers
fairwaynoun
the mowed part of a golf course between a tee and a green
fairlyadverb
in a favorable manner
fairly situated
in a manner of speaking : nearly
fairly bursting with pride
in a fair manner : justly
treat each person fairly
for the most part : rather
a fairly easy job
1 We both agreed that two names on the list matched me fairly well.
2 It is fairly remarkable to think that Ford has been building cars and baseball has been playing World Series for longer than we have known that the Earth has a core.
3 Maya was fairly certain that she was going to murder her sister that night.
4 Just as Bobby had fairly leaped into—and established residence at—the Manhattan Chess Club the previous summer, he soon became a regular presence at Collins’s salon.
5 And although Mother had once or twice entertained Leapers in the house, she tended to lump them all together, fairly or not, with snake handlers, fallers, foamers, and other fringe examples of the henhouse sects.
6 I know him fairly well, but I wouldn't say we were really close friends.
我相当了解他,但并不是说我们是真正的密友。
7 I was fairly sure that it wasn’t the money per se, but the principle of it; I was also fairly sure that whatever tension existed, Bunny was oblivious of it.
8 Jonathan let himself down into the grave and began to dig again, but the young soldier impatiently jumped back in, took back the shovel, and fairly flung Jonathan out of the way.
9 At first she found her life fairly tolerable.
起初她觉得日子完全过得去.
10 The horses were fairly good, but Howard had his sights on better things.
11 You should deal fairly with them.
你应该公平地对待他们.
12 We now can be fairly certain from historical records that agriculture was an invention of women.
根据历史记载,我们现在能完全肯定,农业是妇女发明的.
13 He told her that he would treat her fairly, though it is not likely that she believed him.
14 A yellow cab pulled up in front of a building, and a fairly elegant looking lady got out.
15 There, they found a wide and fairly deep recess in the shoulder of a hill.
16 They had given him a bath, and they allowed him to wash himself fairly frequently in a tin basin.
17 It sloped more than the ridge did and we got to the top fairly quickly.
18 I would return home to visit fairly often.
19 It seems fairly clear that if self-destruction is not the overwhelmingly preponderant fate of galactic civilizations, then the sky is softly humming with messages from the stars.
20 a fairly typical reaction
相当典型的反应
1 适当
just well good right meet due likely fit appropriate proper relevant reasonable eligible suitable applicable qualified mild adequate fitting neat pat apt advisable answering measurable expedient politic comely apposite seemly befitting felicitous condign properly apropos advisably fitness happiness relevance fairness suitability applicability decency adequacy propriety advisability pertinence comeliness pertinency suit beseem
2 整洁
sprucy clean tight trim neat crisp feat tidy snug orderly spruce smug dapper prim trig dinky spiffy clean-cut natty spiffing tiddly kempt featly slicked-up spic-and-span mense neaten fettle
4 整洁地
6 有礼貌
proper civil decent gentle polished polite attentive gracious civilized presentable well-behaved courtly urbane gentlemanly obliging well-mannered housebroken decorous properly prettily
8 公平合理地
10 相当
rather quite fair relatively moderately correspondence correspond kind of on the side well enough a sight something enough pretty substantially comparatively commensurate some plenty tol-lol good possible certain powerful proper equal representative suitable equivalent substantial considerable corresponding competent comparative measurable proportionate becoming perceptible answerable condign gey fairish smartish proportionable well properly middling so-and-so lot equivalence equivalency correspondency smart respectable appreciable gay pumpkin even quite a to match quite a bit on the safe side
11 完全
right-down hundred-percent whole-hog full complete simple whole perfect clear total clean entire regular positive whatever dead solid proper grand pure absolute blank precious strict radical thorough integral intact utter outright literal stark downright consummate plumb crashing full-scale resounding sworn plenary unadulterated undiluted unmitigated unabridged unreserved clotted out-and-out thoroughgoing vera unalloyed dyed-in-the-wool teetotal unexceptionable straight-out veriest deep-dyed thorough-paced thoroughpaced all up out just well even through right down quite throughout finally completely fully cold absolutely flat properly totally entirely broad regularly literally thoroughly exclusively solely bang altogether sheer purely positively utterly wholly radically richly emphatically starkly diametrically roundly blankly galley-west integrity perfection entirety fullness totality wholeness thoroughness roundness plenitude be- top and tail at all points to the fingernails to fingertips to the fingertips in its fullness in totality heels over head from A to Z from top to toe to the nail up to armpits like all nature galley west to the eyeballs bag and baggage to the nines and sinker tout à fait all of in life in and out every bit inside out every way in its entirety damn well from head to toe from the ground up body and soul pure and simple in whole with a capital and barrel to the teeth like a book in their entirety from head to foot out and out well and truly good direct round rank detailed exhaustive abysmal crass frigging arrant very really simply wide perfectly strictly bodily raving all- line and sinker neck and crop stock and barrel root and branch to the ground nothing less than every inch in depth from top to bottom first and last through and through head over heels square comprehensive universal accomplished diametric enough stiff hollow completion to the world all one down to the ground for fair at great length from alpha to omega over head and ears up to the handle dyed in the wool to the tips of fingers all to pieces at full length all the way along the line body and breeches all to a piece sound fair integrate sovereign unconditional well-rounded plenty spang fast plain slap holo- cata- ex- over- de- per- every whit up to the hilt a hundred per cent all ends up in the world in nature to the full to perfection hand and foot for keeps dang real awful blinking unqualified abject exactly truly precisely wholesale hopelessly heartily to your fingertips to a T all the way for the world flat out black integrated intimate earthly plump goddamn replete scrupulous goddamned livelong down-the-line acatalectic buck clever plum cleanly chock soever simpliciter whole hog in toto toto caelo tout a fait a fond hundred-and-eighty-degree stone royal deadly in-depth chill profound Stark wholesome damned integrative full-fledged errant motherless full-out orbicular gradely jonnock home short stock directly definitely indeed bone merely jam cleverly staring dripping stone-cold mondo wholely spandy main mere tel- world depth pig max consummation allness ob- e- for- from A to Izzard with a capital A about ears from clew to earing to the backbone from hub to tire head and ears from top to tail to a dot boots and all good and all out every bit of down to earth by weight to the wide fair and square backward and forward
13 适合
good meet square relative suitable fitting favorable calculated expedient suited well-suited congenial conformable propitious keyed congruous semblable habile consentaneous properly fitly fit fitness reduction adjustment convenience adaptation conformity decency conformance conformation congruence congruity long serve hit sit shape suit correspond pertain behoove comport beseem do become fill gear fashion calculate favor adapt attemper hit off
16 尚
17 亲切
heimish good kind Nice friendly decent mild tender thoughtful kindly benign courteous affectionate meek serviceable beau homely amiable brotherly homey fireside affable genial obliging homelike neighborly good-hearted big-hearted sisterly officious well-disposed warmhearted benignant bonhomous caressive couthie homish affettuoso well sweet sweetly favor grace courtesy kindness sweetness bonhomie benignity geniality benignancy honey come by honestly
18 尚可
fair acceptable satisfactory hunky fairish passably Toledo fair to middling decent respectable passable
19 尚可地
20 漂亮
beaut sprucy well-looking swellish sniptious pretty likely fine beautiful cool gear smart fantastic trick tall sharp cute trim stylish brave swell adorable spicy chic heavenly handsome minion classy darling spruce nifty admirable daisy posh snappy sassy good-looking swish swagger dandy dashing snazzy saucy canny trig tony swank dinky jaunty spiffy nippy ritzy nice-looking natty ducky Bonny rakish goody-goody seemly copperplate dossy toothsome spiffing flossy braw nobby colorific sparkish high-tone gradely dashy spandy gyver fair sweet lovely finely bravely one-two-three prettily finery prettiness smartness hipness hipsterism smarten slick
21 适度地
reasonably moderately ordinarily mezzo temperately within measure in moderation relatively decently within limits mildly
22 一定地
23 公正地
right rightfully justly equitably impartially righteously judicially in all conscience according to Hoyle by right fair and square fair rightly squarely by rights honestly in conscience without fear or favour objectively uprightly of right on the square in good conscience with justice square equally clean without fear or favor
24 实际上
really actually quite practically in fact in practice as a matter of fact de facto as it happens under the skin in the concrete at root in actual fact
28 公平地
square fair evenly squarely detachedly without fear or favor reasonably equally justly clean dinkum
29 诚实地
frankly outright squarely in all honesty directly truly fair rightly in good faith square honestly openly sincerely straight up on the level
30 合理
good possible sound fair reasonable valid realistic logical legitimate rational reasonably legitimately reasonableness soundness legitimize
31 适度
reasonable moderate gentle modest measured temperate reasonably moderately ordinarily mezzo temperately measure moderation temperateness within measure in moderation decent abstemious relatively decently restraint modesty within limits safe rational sober mildly
32 完全地
hundred-percent up out well even through right down full quite clear clean finally completely fully cold absolutely proper flat properly entirely broad regularly literally thoroughly exclusively solely bang sheer purely positively utterly wholly outright radically downright richly plumb emphatically starkly diametrically roundly blankly galley-west be- at all points to the fingernails to fingertips to the fingertips in its fullness heels over head from A to Z from top to toe up to armpits like all nature to the eyeballs bag and baggage to the nines and sinker tout à fait all of in and out inside out in its entirety from the ground up body and soul in whole and barrel to the teeth like a book in their entirety out and out well and truly dead really simply wide perfectly strictly altogether bodily stark raving line and sinker neck and crop every inch in depth from top to bottom first and last head over heels enough stiff hollow to the ground to the world down to the ground at great length from alpha to omega to the tips of fingers at full length all very fast solid plain slap over- every whit up to the hilt all ends up a hundred per cent to the full to perfection through and through hand and foot for keeps
33 公平合理
35 清楚
clear plain distinct precise vivid lucid legible perspicuous ungarbled fair expressly lucidity perspicuity express categorical clear-cut unambiguous clearly markedly measurably clearness come into focus in no uncertain terms
36 简直
almost plain simply literally clean all over none too next to like all practically stark too too
37 合理地
38 公正
justicial just even sporting judicial righteous candid fair-minded right-minded evenhanded conscionable right rightfully justly equitably impartially righteously judicially equitableness impartialness justice equity righteousness sportsmanship candor rightness candour justness rightfulness in all conscience according to Hoyle on the square by right fair and square square fair detached equitable impartial unprejudiced rightly squarely by rights objective disinterested even-handed objectively uprightly fairness impartiality natural equal reasonable honest upright lawful colorless virtue honesty rectitude liberality of right clean unbiased rightful detachment disinterest justify detach without fear or favour independent uprightness in conscience in good conscience neutral honourable with justice white liberal cricket plumb magisterial dinkum equally judgment judgement soundness squareness right minded fair minded right-thinking unwarped honestly without fear or favor up and up